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This Mama has called in for a huge favor in the form of a whole 48 hours with no little people around at the end of the month. I will be taking a glorious two days and traveling back to the thriving metropolis of Lincoln, NE to see what is sure to be the concert of the year.

I probably would have given away a Kidney to have to whole weekend to myself but luckily I didn’t have to do that and only had to take in these three crazy extra girls for a night or two….piece of cake!

Yesterday I somehow stepped into the role of team photographer. I think when you constantly carry around a pretty decent camera and sort of look like you know what you are doing you get nominated for such things and I would have to admit it’s a pretty good day when I get to combine three of my passions, Olivia, baseball and photography.

With almost two weeks with no word from our number one I finally heard from her yesterday in Panama. I got a quick call around lunch time and then there were some pictures posted on FB. Oksanna is doing great. They have spent the last week and half on an a little island off of the mainland doing ministry and VBS for the kids and meeting all kinds of new people. Today they are back in Panama City and headed off to the jungle to visit some other villages. Per Oksanna, she is having an amazing time and is loving the work she is doing and she wanted to give Dad her dad a shout out too and tell everyone she misses them.

Oksanna’s been in Panama for about a week and a half now and apparently we are not the only ones missing her. This little message was left on our driveway last night. I have my suspicions of who left it but I am not naming names…. 😉

Note to self: I should really listen to the little beeping light that reads “low tire pressure” instead of turning up the radio to drown it out….

This one of those little things that Chris would have taken care off because blinking beeping lights typically throws Chris into action. Me, I am just thinking and hoping it’s a faulty wire somewhere. Yeah, it wasn’t this time and we had to hobble into Firestone and then walk about a mile home.

Needless to say the girls were less than pleased with me, and the walk home in the 90 degree heat and 40 mph winds. I had to do some fancy mom talking before there was total mutiny in the house so we had popsicles for a lunch a spent the afternoon at the pool.

Are you looking for a fun and easy snack? We found this little treat while visiting my Dad and his girlfriend Patricia. Patricia is from Guadalajara, Mexico and she used to have this as an after school treat. All you have to do is find a Jicama which was no easy task in Longmont. Peel the skin off, slice the Jicama up and sprinkle with a little fresh lime juice and salt and you are good to go.

Today Olivia our 8-year-old and I had the pleasure of going down to Denver to shoot together. We had lunch, popsicle and I had a blast teaching her the fine art of Street Photography. She used one of my older cameras and I basically told her she could shoot what ever she wanted and of course I made sure she wore tennis shoes, always a must in case there is an off-chance we had to take off running. However, I did notice that when a child is standing there with a camera in your face that said subjects are much more receptive to it…go figure LOL.

I am not going to lie it would be pretty cool if one of our girls loved the camera as much as I do.

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Let’s be realistic here. Deployment is hard on every family, regardless of circumstance. When a family member leaves the country for military duty life changes from Day 1. Tears are shed, routines change and struggles follow as each family member makes their own way to a ‘new normal’. You scramble to fill voids, put coping mechanisms in place and eventually new routines develop. I know this firsthand because we been through this once before, a little over 2 years ago. Back then I thought I knew what to expect, but many of my preconceived notions about how the family would cope departed along with my husband’s plane.

I’d like to believe that this time things will be different, not as hard as before because the kids are older. But I’m a realist and know that the status quo is really just a bridge from one surprise to another . Only time will tell and we’ll take it one day at at time, for the next 299. This time I plan to document our time apart – for both my husband’s sake and for posterity. Starting Feb. 20th I plan to post a daily portrait of our lives – through the lens of my constant companion – my Canon SLR. From that day on, we’re marching forward….